42 FLORA VITIENSIS, 
tenui. Ovarium liberum, ovoideum, basi calycis reconditum, 9—4-loculare, in stylum brevem 
elongatum 3-4-fidum attenuatum, stigmatibus obtusis papillosis. ^ Drupa baccata, oblonga v. 
spherica, basi tubo calycis parvo cincta, 2—4-pyrena, pyrenis osseis v. cartilagineis intus obscure 
dehiscentibus v. indehiscentibus. Semina obovata, testa membranacea v. crustacea levi v. dorso 
sulcata, raphe dorsali ventrali v. laterali, albumine carnoso; cotyledones plane v. margine recurve, 
radicula brevis.—Frutices v. arbores, foliis alternis (rarius suboppositis), petiolatis, deciduis v. sem- 
pervirentibus, penninerviis, integerrimis v. dentatis; stipulis parvis, deciduis; floribus axillaribus, 
racemosis v. cymosis ; cymis fasciculatis. 
l. R. () Vitiensis, Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. i. p. 413; fruticosus, subglaber; foliis ovatis v. 
ovali-oblongis, breviter acuminatis, integerrimis v. serrato-crenatis, utrinque viridibus, membranaceis ; 
floribus axillaribus fasciculatis; calycis tubo late hemisphzerico, lobis triangularibus ; petalis invo- 
lutis stamina includentibus; disco concavo, cupuliformi, margine libero; ovario sessili, 2-loculari, 
in stylum attenuato ; drupa (immatura) obovato-oblonga,— Colubrina Vitiensis, Seem. Mission to Viti, 
p. 434.— Sea-beach on the southern side of Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 85). Also collected in 
Queensland, at Cape York (M‘Gillivray !). | 
Until good ripe fruit shall have been collected, the genus of this plant must remain doubtful. 
IV. Colubrina, L. C. Rich. ex Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. vol. x. p. 968. t. 15. fig. 3; Benth. 
et Hook. f. Gen. p. 379. Calyx 5-fidus, tubo hemispheerico, lobis patentibus 3-angulari-ovatis accre- 
tis. Petala 5, infra discum inserta, unguiculata, cucullata. Stamina 5, petalis inclusa, filamentis 
filiformibus. Discus crassus, tubum calycis implens, annularis, 5-gonus v. 5-10-lobus. Ovarium 
disco immersum et cum eo confluens, subglobosum, 3-loculare, in stylum 3-fidum v. 3-partitum atte- 
nuatum, stigmatibus obtusis papillosis. Drupa subglobosa, obscure 3-loba, infra medium tubo calycis 
cincta, 3-cocca, sepe demum capsularis et loculicide dehiscens, epicarpio sicco tenui v. subcarnoso, 
coccis membranaceis crustaceis v. cartilagineis intus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus v. demum 2-valvi- 
bus. Semina late obovoidea, compressa, 3-gona, testa levi nitida coriacea, albumine tenui carnoso ; 
cotyledones orbiculares, planze v. incurvse, tenues v, crassiuscule ; radicula brevis.— Frutices erecti 
v. sarmentosi, glabri v. pubescentes ; foliis alternis, petiolatis, oblongis cordatis v. lanceolatis, penni- 
nerviis v. basi 3-nerviis, integerrimis v. serratis; stipulis parvis, deciduis ;*floribus axillaribus, cymosis 
v. fasciculatis, flavis v. virescentibus; drupis spe atris, pisiformibus. — 
1. C. Asiatica, A. Brongn. Monogr. Rham. 62; glabra, inermis; foliis ovatis v. late cordatis 
acuminatis, crenato-serratis, 3-nerviis et penninerviis, lucidis; cymis breviter pedunculatis plerumque 
petiolo brevioribus.— Ceanothus Asiaticus, Linn. Sp. 284; Cav. Icon. vol. v. t. 440. fig. 1. Ceano- 
thus capsularis, Forst. Prodr. n. 112. Rhamnus levigatus, Sol. Prim. Fl. Pac. p. 236, et in Parkins. 
Drawings of Tahit. Plants, t. 31 (ined). Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Vuso levu ;" Tahitense, “ Tutu.” 
—Common on the seaside throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 80). Also collected in the Marquesas 
(Barclay !), Sandwich (Nuttall !), and Society Islands (Banks ! Barclay !), and in Eromanga (M‘Gil- 
livray !) and Queensland (M‘Gillivray !). 
I was told that the natives use the leaves of this shrub for washing their hair, to clean it and destroy 
the vermin; hence, probably, the native name “Vuso” (foam, froth, soap) and “ Leyu” (great, much). ` 
V. Alphitonia, Reiss. in Endl. Gen. n. 1098; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 381. Flores her- 
maphroditi. Calyx 5-fidus, tubus late obconieus, lobis 3-angulari-ovatis acutis patentibus intus cari- 
natis. Petala sub disco inserta, subelongata, involuta. Stamina 5, filamentis filiformibus, petalis 
involuta. Discus crassus, pilosus, tubum calycis implens, 5-gonus. Ovarium disco immersum et 
cum eo confluens, 2-3-lobum, 2-3-loculare, in stylum 2-3-fidum attenuatum, stigmatibus obtusis. 
